[Herefordshire] Mail Server
Gary Watts
gwatts at cmconsultancy.co.uk
Tue Nov 23 08:50:17 GMT 2004
Thanks Mark
I couldn't get the netstat -lp | grep -i smtp command to work, but everything else seems to be in place. I'm now getting the message "could not lock /var/mail/spool/gary".
I've had to abandon this project now as the deadline has passed - regrettably I've had to install a Windows-based solution that took less then 5 minutes to install and configure, but I expect it to go wrong before long.
Worth a try though and if anyone else has any ideas I'll try them when I've got a bit more time.
Thanks again
Gary
-----Original Message-----
From: herefordshire-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk [mailto:herefordshire-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk]On Behalf Of Mark Broadbent
Sent: 22 November 2004 19:45
To: Herefordshire Linux Users Group.
Subject: RE: [Herefordshire] Mail Server
Hi Gary,
On Sun, 2004-11-21 at 22:28 +0000, Gary Watts wrote:
Hi
I think I've made some progress.
Telnet 192.168.3.2 25 works
None of the others do though and for some reason I can't reference the PC as localhost or 127.0.0.1, so I suspect DNS has gone awry somewhere.
Check the configuration file for the SMTP server and ensure in doesn't bind to a particular IP address. A good way to check is to do:
# netstat -lp |grep -i smtp
This is the output of my mail server:
tcp6 0 0 *:smtp *:* LISTEN 1693/exim
Notice the *:smtp means it'll respond on the SMTP port on any IP address.
Next, check your /etc/hosts file contains the line:
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain
Note using IP addresses doesn't use DNS.
I have managed to send mail out and it has arrived at it's destination, so SMTP seems to be working well enough for now.
POP on port 110 is still the main problem though.
What package are you using to provide the POP3 daemon? Is it running? Firewall appropriately set to let through packets to port 110?
If your using postfix try (for a Fedora based system):
Enable the daemon to start at system startup
# chkconfig postfix on
Start the postfix daemon right now
# service postfix start
or for a Debian based system:
# /etc/init.d/postfix start
and check it's running using:
# ps aux | grep -i postfix | grep -v grep
There's a few ideas, let us know how it goes.
Thanks
Mark
Gary
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Hodgson [mailto:andrew at hodgsonfamily.org]
Sent: 21 November 2004 19:12
To: Herefordshire Linux Users Group.
Subject: RE: [Herefordshire] Mail Server
Hi,
DNS - not at this stage. Can you do the following:
>From the Linux machine:
1. telnet 127.0.0.1 25 (you should get the SMTP banner up)
2. telnet 127.0.0.1 110 (pop banner)
3. telnet 127.0.0.1 143 (IMAP banner)
4. Telnet as above, using the 192.168.x.x IP).
Then try the same using a Windows machine, using 192.168.x.x IP.
My guess is the Daemons aren't autostarting.
Andrew.
-----Original Message-----
From: herefordshire-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
[mailto:herefordshire-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Gary
Watts
Sent: 21 November 2004 19:10
To: Herefordshire Linux Users Group.
Subject: RE: [Herefordshire] Mail Server
Hi
How can I make the Daemons listen on that IP? I presume I'm running POP
daemons - how can I tell? Nothing I've tried on either the local PC or
another one on the LAN works. I guess there's something really
fundamental that I'm not aware of. Does DNS have anything to do with
it?
Gary
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Hodgson [mailto:andrew at hodgsonfamily.org]
Sent: 21 November 2004 18:41
To: Herefordshire Linux Users Group.
Subject: RE: [Herefordshire] Mail Server
Hi,
Simply the Daemons are not listening on that ip (you should use the
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx address, don't add anything to it), from the local
machine you can use 127.0.0.1, localhost or sometimes
localhost.localdomain. Fetchmail by default usually shoves stuff
through the MTA, so either it is using the internal mail command or it
is getting access ok. Also are you running POP or IMAP daemons.
Andrew.
-----Original Message-----
From: herefordshire-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
[mailto:herefordshire-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Gary
Watts
Sent: 21 November 2004 18:03
To: Herefordshire Linux Users Group.
Subject: RE: [Herefordshire] Mail Server
Hi Andrew
I followed your advice re: Fetchmail and it is retrieving mail nicely
from 4 different domains and putting them into the relevant user
mailboxes on my Fedora server.
Haven't managed to get Postfix working yet, or Sendmail.
The big problem now is this. I cannot retrieve any of the mail sat on
the Fedora machine from my mail client (Outlook). The Fedora server on
the Samba domain "CMC" is called "CMCTS" and is on IP address
192.168.3.2. How do I refer to it from my mail client in the server
settings?
I have tried the following in both the POP3 and SMTP fields:
192.168.3.2
cmcts
192.168.3.2.cmc
cmcts.cmc
192.168.3.2.cmc.local
cmcts.cmc.local
I have also tried these in Ximian Evolution, which is actually running
on the same machine as Fetchmail. Postfix and Sendmail plus:
127.0.0.1
localhost
127.0.0.1.cmc
localhost.cmc
127.0.0.1.cmc.local
localhost.cmc.local
The mail servers simply cannot be seen!
Any help greatly appreciated.
Gary
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Hodgson [mailto:andrew at hodgsonfamily.org]
Sent: 20 November 2004 17:57
To: Gary Watts (external); Herefordshire Linux Users Group.
Subject: RE: [Herefordshire] Mail Server
Hi,
You need Fetchmail to fetch messages from pop server. Use
Postfix/Qmail, not Sendmail because if SM gets screwed you end up with a
mess plus security holes in your install.
Andrew.
-----Original Message-----
From: herefordshire-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
[mailto:herefordshire-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Gary
Watts
Sent: 20 November 2004 11:49
To: 'Herefordshire Linux Users Group.'
Subject: [Herefordshire] Mail Server
Hi
I want to setup a simple mail server at home for 4 users.
I have Dovecot and Sendmail install on Fedora 2.
Anybody got any experience with these? My first problem is how to
configure dovecot t retrieve e-mails from my ISP and delivery them into
the apppropriate users mailboxes.
Gary
-----Original Message-----
From: herefordshire-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
[mailto:herefordshire-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk]On Behalf Of Julian
Robbins
Sent: 13 November 2004 14:01
To: Herefordshire Linux Users Group.
Subject: [Herefordshire] UbuntuLinux FREE CD's avaliable
Hi
If you have not come across it before, Ubuntu is a new Linux
distribution that is very, very promising. I already run it as my main
Linux of choice at home ! (displacing my Mandrake 10.1 which never
seemed to work quite right).
Why should you consider Ubuntu ?
1) It's based on Debian, which most Linux users would suggest is the
most stable, usable system.
2) It uses apt-get in all its glory, an extremely easy to use
Packagement Management & Update system, to grab more than 10000 packages
down from cmd line or from a simple but powerful GUI. Bit like urpmi or
yum, but much better. You can even upgrade the all of your distro from
here !!
3) Where Debian always got me and most others was its old-fashioned
installation routine. Although, Debian's installer has improved a lot of
late, Ubuntu still has an easier more straightforward text based system.
4) The default package choice is excellent, with firefox the main
browser (ver 1.0PR), evolution and thunderbird as possible mail clients.
5) It's based on the brand new Gnome 2.8. I used to always go for KDE,
since vers 1.0 of KDE, but to be honest after trying out Ubuntu I really
like Gnome as I can get the job done so much better and faster. The
fonts are so well presented, in fact the presentation generally through
the distro, is very polished, more so than any I've seen.
6) It's fast - my 1.1 GHz Athlon feels like XP @ at around 2.5 GHz !!
Everything runs very snappily.
7) It's free, and will remain free. You can even get paid support if you
wish.
I get the feeling that Ubuntu will become one of the major players in
linux, especially on the desktop. The beauty is that as its Debian
based, it is also such a good choice as a server platform too.
If anyone's interested, I have ordered 10 cd's from them (they're
available FREE but only till TODAY !!!). Even the postage is FREE !!
www.ubuntulinux.org
Don't know when I will get them but will bring them along to a future
LUG meeting.
Hopefully will download the CD based version (knoppix like) so that we
can see it up and running on Thursday at HCT.
Hope we'll have a good turn out Thursday, as Box as excelled himself
with getting such a good venue.
We have a couple of new members recently signed up that I hope will be
able to attend Thursday. For any new members, please feel free to
introduce yourself via the list, with a little about what you want out
of Linux/Open source Software, and what you hope to get out of the LUG.
We were all new to Linux at some time, and the Herefordshire LUG tries
to be helpful to EVERYONE whatever their experience, skill level and
background.
See you all Thursday,
Cheers
Julian
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